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Posted by Mr. Tapeguy on 04/11/06 15:17
There are situations out there, for one reason or another, where the
Apple solution has gone south. Every car manufacturer puts out some
lemons. I'm sorry for any facility when a substantial investment in
hardware and software is problematic, no matter what the platform. It
just hurts productivity and raises blood pressure.
Overall, Macs had the lowest rate of IT issues and the lowest rate of
repair in the industry. Final Cut Studio overall offers more "bang for
the buck" than Avid, but again, if your setup didn't work, I can
completely understand why you would have made other arrangements.
cb
doc wrote:
> well stated. moreover, just think, obviously mac too realizes the value of
> windows/pc based applications since they too wanted to be able to run the
> same. is there such a desire from the pc manufacturers? i've not heard of
> one myself, in fact, i don't know a single pc user having even the slightest
> desire to have or for that matter use a mac.
>
> however, i do know one shop about 20 miles away whose operators at that
> station come to our place on occassion (about 3 to 5 times a month) to do
> some neat little tricks on our pc's because it takes their system something
> like 7 hours to render or process while xpress pro on our dual core kicks it
> out in about 60-65 minutes. i know our g5's just cracked their cases when
> we tried it (which we were told cooked the one that needed repair) and got
> so hot we thought about putting them in a cooled cabinet. our gateway dual
> processor barely heats up, kicking the multispeed fan to the second speed
> out of five speeds and the dual core to the third speed a couple times
> during the processing while taking about the same time only occassionally an
> extra 10 minutes or so.
>
> while our machines do their work, we talk shop and then they take their
> project back for the last news . . which their mac's can't turn around in
> the time they have from capture to the news (a time of about 5 to 6 hours)
> but then can on our pc's. love those guys . . they (the tv station) pays us
> machine time . . the resulting amount monthly equals our electric bill with
> enough left for buying a 3# can of coffee, creamer, and sometimes donuts
> from dunkin' donuts nearby.
>
> thus, we should actually love mac's then huh? we get paid for people coming
> to use our pc's when their mac's crap on a particular job. however, we
> don't. our own experience sucked although we seldom tell the whole story,
> just usually saying "we switched" because pc's and avid were the best
> solution . . however, since this thread got a little personal, just wanted
> to dump the whole mac/crap out for the whole world to see. we're on record
> with a formal complaint at mac because we wanted them to know what an
> injustice they did to us.
>
> drd :o)
>
> "nappy" <gospam@yourself.com> wrote in message
> news:B0B_f.68641$dW3.7593@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> > Apple is giving in and admitting they have no friggin chance of EVER
> > breaking the market barriers of Windows.
> >
> > it is a simple as that. now that the Mac is a PC I think it is time for
> > all the mac zealots to throw in the towel.
> >
> > It is that simple.
> >
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